As the Spirit Moves Me

People come into our lives in all sorts of ways. Some are born into our lives. We are born into the lives of others, thus they become part of our lives. And some walk into our lives due to the places we go and and the experiences we have. In all cases, we have to [...]

September 6th, 2011 | Tags: clinging, hanging on, hold on, letting go | Category: affirmations of action, change, creating change, narrow places | Comments (1)

It’s almost Passover, and for me this always makes me feel squeezed. Actually, it just makes me more aware of the areas of my life that give me that sense of the walls closing in or getting tight. You don’t have to be Jewish to understand this even though Passover is a Jewish holiday. Passover [...]

March 31st, 2011 | Tags: birth canal, birth pains, Mitzrayim, narrow place, Passover | Category: creating change, goals, human potential, Making holidays meaning-full and spirit-full, narrow places, Passover, Pesach | Leave a comment

On Erev Yom Kippur, my rabbi, Eli Cohen, gave a moving sermon about Psalm 23. This psalm is most often read after someone dies, so for most of us it bears a negative connotation. Yet, it is meant to offer us consolation during difficult times in general, not just when someone has passed on. If [...]

October 1st, 2010 | Tags: consolation, Dealing with difficulties, finding meaning, Psalm 23 | Category: Grief and Grieving, Jewish holidays, narrow places, Prayer, Yom Kippur | Comments (2)

Trust is an interesting thing. Once it’s gone, it’s very difficult to regain. If you lose it, it’s difficult to find. When you stop trusting someone-for whatever reason, you tend to put up a wall to protect yourself…or at least I do. Then I have to really work at letting them back in. They have [...]

December 15th, 2009 | Tags: emotions, keys, lack of trust, love, trust, walls | Category: life, narrow places, trust | Leave a comment

On the spring Jewish holiday of Passover, Jews all over the world ask questions. Traditionally, we ask just four questions, and we are supplied with answers either in the Haggadah, the prayer book used during the seder, or home service conducted on Passover, or by participants at the seder. The questions – and the answers [...]

April 5th, 2009 | Tags: Egypt, Four Questions, more questions to ask at a seder, narrow place, Pasover rituals, Passover, passover seder questions, Passover symbols, personal Mizraim, seder questions, slavery, tight place | Category: creating change, Jewish holidays, narrow places, Passover, personal growth, seder | Leave a comment

I’ve been living in a few narrow places. That’s what the Hebrew word for Egypt, Mitzrayyim, means. Narrow Place. When Passover comes along we have to look at where in our lives we’ve struggled with our own narrow places. I don’t have to look far this year to see mine. My husband has been without [...]

April 13th, 2008 | Tags: Mitzrayyim, Nachshon, parting of the sea, Red Sea | Category: faith, miracles, narrow places, Passover | Leave a comment